AutoCAD is a commercially used design software made to assist engineers and drawers in accurately designing models and then making those drawings in a professional fashion. Using AutoCAD is a time-saving tool that bypasses the physical drawing stage of a product and automatically puts it into a digital format that is easy to deliver and share among a design team.
AutoCAD utilizes precise measuring and drawing tools systems and tailors the project to the specific format the user requests. Not to mention all of this is available with an undo button that can help preview and edit It allows a flexibility that is not available in the typical pencil and paper medium.
Application
It's an extremely versatile computer aided design (CAD) software. Used by architects, electrical engineers, civil engineers, and mechanical engineers, it can render 2D models, 3D models, and drafting
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models. It's exclusively made for computers running Microsoft Windows.
AutoCAD is customizable; it hosts a number of applications including AutoLisp (for Lisp programming language), Microsoft .NET Framework, and ObjectARX. ObjectARX is used as the base for products extending AutoCAD's functionality. This is used in specific fields to create products such as AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Civil 3D, or third-party AutoCAD-based applications.
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Description
AutoCAD utilizes precise measuring and drawing tools systems and tailors the project to the specific format the user requests. Not to mention all of this is available with an undo button that can help preview and edit It allows a flexibility that is not available in the typical pencil and paper medium.
Application
It's an extremely versatile computer aided design (CAD) software. Used by architects, electrical engineers, civil engineers, and mechanical engineers, it can render 2D models, 3D models, and draftingAutoCAD is customizable; it hosts a number of applications including AutoLisp (for Lisp programming language), Microsoft .NET Framework, and ObjectARX. ObjectARX is used as the base for products extending AutoCAD's functionality. This is used in specific fields to create products such as AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Civil 3D, or third-party AutoCAD-based applications.
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http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=2704278
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlJJoNcV598
http://www.rand.com/imaginit/1/pdfs/technology/software/autocad_2009_product_overview_brochure.pdf
http://download.autodesk.com/us/acadlt/learningpath/2010/Interface_Overview_ACAD.htm
Citations/References
Wikipedia: AutoCAD
Autodesk - AutoCAD
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